Baling-press.



H. M. HANSON.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATlON FILED FEB. 8.1917.

Patented Dec. 11, im.

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HANS arena Hanson, or siair'rnn, Wisconsin.

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To (all whom may concern: i

lie it known that l, l ans M. Hanson, a citizen of the United titates,residing at Sawyer, in the county of Door. and State of l iisconsin,have invented certain new and useful improvements in Bailing-Presses, ofwhich the following isa specification.

My invention relates to baling presses, and has torone of its objectsthe provision of a simple and etlicient baling press adapted for use inbaling hay, straw, cotton, excelsior, and the like. i

A. further object is the provision of a press of the character mentionedin which the compressor head is adapted to do etlective work in bothdire .-.tions of its reciprocatory movement in order to etl'eet greatereconomy in operation.

d still iurtl'ier objectis the provision of simple and etlicientoperating means for operating the compressor head oi. the press. tltherobjects will appear hereinafter.

An embodiment of my invention. is shown in the accompanying drawing,forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1. is alongitudinal section. taken through a press embodying my invention;

is an enlarged section taken on line 22 of Fig. 1. i i

Referring more particularly to the drawinnf, T have shown a casing 5,inclosing' a compressor chamber 6. Any desired term of eonr n'essorchaml and casino; may be provided. T have shown one elongated with afeed opening 7 near its central top porti and a discharge opening 8 atone end, and a discharge opening 9 at the other end. The feed opening; 7is prmrided with a hopper 10 to facilitate feeding the materials to bebaled into the compressor clnnnber (3. The materials utili' ed informing the casing 5 and hopper 10 may he of any materials desirable, ineither metal or wood, or a combination oi both.

In the compressor chamber 6 T have indicated a compressor head 11adapted to be moved reciprocal'ily back and forth in the chamber 6 underthe iieed opening); 7 in such a manner that materials to be baled may befed into the opening '7 alternately on each side of the head. This willbe obvious upon reference to the full line and dotted line positions ofthe head 11 in Fig. 1. The head 11 is provided with one or more portions12 which extend downwardly through slots 18 in floor at of the casing 5.lln ,liig. 2 T have indicated two of the members 12, but it will beunderstood that as many as desirable may be used. 'lheiloor 5 will. beprovided with sutticientslots 13 to acconnnodate the desired number ofportions 12. The portrons 12 extend sutiicientlyfar through theslotsli'i to engage the upper side oil a sliding men'iber 1d and aresecured to the latter by cap screws. 15, or their equivalent. The slidemember 14 is shown as being mounted in gnideways 16 provided in iiramemember lTat the bottom of the casing 5. The arrangement is such that themember 1.4: slides loineitiuilinally of the casingh and nnwes the head11 back and forth under the hopper 10 and feed opening 7.

The frame 17 extends suliiciontly tar trom thcdischarge. opening; of thecasing to provide suilicient roombetween the opening 8 and rlrivinp;mechanism of member 141: to permit the bales oi? material to be takenfrom the machine. The frame 17 carries upright frame member 1% in whichis mounted the driving; mechanism of member 1%. The member. 14- isprovided with a set of rack teeth 1.9 w] 'ch mesh with mutilated gearsQOand 21. The gears 52 and 21 are preferably rotated .in oppositedirections and arranged with relation to each other so that one rearmoves the member it in one direction, and the other gear moves suchmember in. the opposite direction. Tn the device shown the gears 20 andare mounted on shafts 22 in the frame member 18, and the shaftsconnected together through a train of gears 23. One of the shatts ofgears has a large near F2 which meshes with a pinion E25, and the latterconnected through a shaft 26 with a driving pulley 27, which in turn isconnected to any suitable source of power, not shown, by means oi anendless belt The means for driving the mutilated gears 20 and 21 may bevaried as desired. in llig. 1, mutilated gear 20 is shown as justcompleting its operation on the member 1a to move the head 11 to itsleit-hand terminal of movement. its soon as the gear 20 rotatessui'liciently to :tree it self from the rack teeth 19, the teeth of gear21 are adapted to engage the raclr teeth 19 and move the member 14- inthe opposite direction until head 11 comes to its dotted line positionshown in this figure.

T have shown a form of teedinp; mecha nism for feeding material.automatically into Mid llttlt the compressor chamber 6. This form ofdevice comprises a feeder member 29 mounted on the free end of an arm30, which is fixed on a shaft 31, and the latter mounted on a suitableportion of the casing 5. At one end of shaft 31 I provide an arm 32 witha slot 33 therein. A shaft 34, having a crank arm 35 therein is alsomounted on a suitable portion of the casing with the crank arm 35engaging the slot 33 to oscillate arms 32 and 33 to move the feedingmember from its full line to its dotted line positions in Fig. 1. Theshaft 34 is connected by means of a sprocket gearing 36 with a suitableportion of the driving means, such as a shaft 22, so that the shaft 34will rotate at the ratio of 2 to 1 with shaft 22. With this arrangementthe feeder member 29 will be caused to pass through two cycles of itsmovement while the shaft 22 rotates once. This will cause the member 29to feed material through opening 7 into the casing 5 on each side of thehead 11 to cause the device to compress the material into bales in bothends thereof. This will provide a double baling machine.

I claim 1. A baling press comprising a casing inclosing an elongatedcompressor chamber; a sliding member mounted for movementslongitudinally of the compressor chamber; ahead in the compressorchamber connected with said member; rack teeth on said member; and aplurality of mutilated driving gears meshing with said rack teeth, eachof said gears being adapted to move said member in one direction.

2. A baling press comprising a casing inclosing an elongated compressorchamber; a sliding member mounted for movements longitudinally of thecompressor chamber; a head in the compressor chamber connected with saidmember; rack teeth on said mem her; and two mutilated driving gearsadapted to rotate in opposite directions and mesh with said rack teeth,one at a time.

3. A baling press comprising a casing inclosing an elongated compressorchamber; a sliding member mounted adjacent the compressor chamber; ahead in the com pressor chamber connected with said member; rack teethon said member; two mutilated gears adapted to mesh with said rackteeth, one at a time; a train of gearing con necting said mutilatedgears and adapted to drive the latter in opposite directions; and adriving connection connected with said train of gearing.

4. A baling press comprising an elongated compressor casing having afeed opening therein; a member slidably mounted in the casing; acompressor head in the casing connected with said member; rack teeth onsaid member; two mutilated gears adapted to mesh, one at a time, withthe rack teeth for reciprocating said member; and a feed arm connectedwith the mutilated gears and adapted to reach through said feed openingwhile each of the mutilated gears is meshing with the rack teeth.

5. A baling press comprising an elongatml compressor casing having afeed opening therein; a member slidably mounted in said casing; acompressor head in the casing and connected with said member; rack teethon said member; two mutilated gears adapted to mesh, one at a time, withsaid rack teeth; a train of gears connecting said mutilated gears andadapted to drive the latter in opposite directions; an oscillatory feedmember mounted on the casing; a driving eon- .nection between the feedmember and said train of gearing adapted to more said 1nember through acomplete cycle of its movement while each mutilated gear is in mesh withsaid rack teeth; and a driving connection connected with said train ofgearing.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification on thisQllth day of January, A. D. 1917.

HANS MARTIN HANSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

